Norway Yearbook - 2003

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Labour market
CentraI organizations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners.
Members per 31 December
Associations of wage earners, total1
1999 2000 2001 2002
485 065
1 482 891
1 473 760
.
The Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions
828 431 813 122 796 272 800 259
Of which
Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees 238613 234 460 230 002 235 706
The United Federation of Trade Unions 158077 153 292 147 168 145 115
Norwegian Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices 61 401 60 238 58868 59 138
Norwegian Union of Government Employees 46402 46 627 46 764 47 116
Electrician and IT Workers Union 40 803 40 024 38 115 38 207
Norwegian National Union of Food, Beverages and
Tobacco Workers 35296 34477 33314 33600
Norwegian Union of General Workers 32 122 30933 30 096 30894
Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers 30 799 30079 28927 28233
Norwegian Post and Communication Union 28215 27 995 27 996
Confederation of Vocational Unions 243 387 241 747 197 458 200 089
Of which
Norwegian Confederation of Municipal Employees 53731 52 275 53683 55095
Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses1 51 745 52 133
Finance Sector Union - Norway 36 158 35 571 35762 36280
Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees 15019 15212 14811 14829
Flerfaglig FellesOrganisasjon, 2fo5 14977 14663 14085
Union of Civil Servants 12058 12338 12451 10670
Confederation of Employees in Private Sector 12 111 11 676 11 665 11 743
The Military Officers Association 10500 10385 10200 10000
The Confederation of Academics and Professional Union
of Norway2 120926 119334
Of which
Nurses' Association 57261 60 197
Norwegian Society of Engineers
Teachers' Association3 38 165 39255
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association 7 466 7 589
The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates . . 4353
Confederation of Higher Education Unions, Norway . . 215 000 222 921
Of which
Union of Education Norway3 . 130 000 132 473
Nurses' Association 65 000 688(15
Norwegian Police Federation . 10000 10 4(14
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association . 7 500 8 063
Federation of Norwegian Professional Association 110437 118760 122 086 128011
Of which
Norwegian Society of Chartered Engineers 36089 36410 36892 38830
The Norwegian Medical Association 18965 20007 20441 209(14
Association of Norwegian Lawyers 13 116 13605 13902 14355
The Norwegian Federation of Business Economists 11 701 11 895 12414 13 178
Norwegian Association of Research Workers 10 598 11 509 12 053 13 154
The Norwegian Dental Association 5095 5 128 5 189 5213
The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates . . . 4362 4362 4514
The Norwegian Psychological Association 3 996 4 113 4294 4395
Association of Social Scientists 2 654 3 099 3473 4090
Other associations of wage earners4 181 884 189 928 142 944 146849
Of which
Norwegian Association of Practical Nurses 51 745 52 133 52216 52 871
Norwegian Union of Teachers3 79 181 90003
Norwegian Society of Engineers 45 000 45 125 45 877 47 955
Norwegian Association of Supervisors & Managers 12614 12873 12943 12 798
Norwegian Police Federation 10 004 9940
Norwegian Union of journalists 7770 8177 8525 8517
Norwegian Maritime Officers' Association 7798 7 900 7814 7902
1Withdrew 1 July 2001 from Confederation of Vocational Unions. 2Closed down 30 June2001. 3During 2001 Teachers' Association and
Norwegian Union of Teachers were settled to a federation, Union of Education Norway. 4lncludes both wage earners and self-employed.
5No English translation of the association's name exists.
Source: Associations for wage earners and employer associations, Statistics Norway. More information: http://ww.ssb.no/arborg_en/
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